Method of fabricating a fibre device

Abstract

Various embodiments provide a method of fabricating a fibre, the method comprising translating a fibre having a light transmissive core surrounding by a cladding material; and while translating, non-interferometrically applying energy to alter structure of the light transmissive core and/or the cladding material.

What is claimed is: 
     
         1 . A method of fabricating a fibre device; the method comprising:
 translating a fibre having a light transmissive core surrounding by a cladding material; and,   while translating, non-interferometrically applying energy to alter structure of the light transmissive core and/or the cladding material.   
     
     
         2 . The method according to  claim 1 , wherein the step of applying energy further comprises applying a pulse light. 
     
     
         3 . The method according to  claim 1 , wherein the step of applying energy further comprises applying a focused light. 
     
     
         4 . The method according to  claim 1 , wherein the structure of the core is altered to alter properties of a light transmitting the core. 
     
     
         5 . The method according to  claim 4 , wherein altering the properties of the light includes at least one of removing a wavelength of the light, polarizing the light and filtering the light. 
     
     
         6 . The method according to  claim 1 , wherein the structure of the light transmissive core is altered to sense temperature. 
     
     
         7 . The method according to  claim 1 , wherein the structure of the light transmissive core is altered to sense pressure. 
     
     
         8 . The method according to  claim 7 , wherein the structure of the light transmissive core is altered at least twice to sense airflow. 
     
     
         9 . The method according to  claim 1 , wherein the structure of the light transmissive core is altered to control polarization. 
     
     
         10 . The method according to  claim 1 , wherein the step of applying energy to alter structure of the light transmissive core includes altering a refractive index of the core so as to alter an index profile. 
     
     
         11 . The method according to  claim 1 , wherein the step of translating the fibre includes inscribing at least one grating in the core. 
     
     
         12 . The method according to  claim 1 , wherein the step of translating the fibre includes modifying the cladding material to inscribe at least one additional waveguide, the at least one additional waveguide being spiral around the core. 
     
     
         13 . The method according to  claim 12 , wherein the at least one additional waveguide is inscribed along a longitudinal axis of the core. 
     
     
         14 . The method according to  claim 1 , wherein the step of translating the fibre includes modifying the cladding material to inscribe at least one additional waveguide, the at least one additional waveguide being inscribed such that one portion of the at least one additional waveguide is nearer to the core than another portion of the at least one additional waveguide, wherein the one portion of the at least one additional waveguide is able to interact with the light and the another portion of the at least one additional waveguide avoids interacting with the light propagating the core. 
     
     
         15 . The method according to  claim 1 , wherein the step of translating the fibre includes modifying the cladding material to inscribe at least one additional waveguide, the at least one additional waveguide being inscribed through the cladding material and transversely through the core. 
     
     
         16 . The method according to  claim 11 , wherein the grating is a Fibre Bragg grating (FBG). 
     
     
         17 . The method according to  claim 1 , wherein the method is fibre material agnostic. 
     
     
         18 . The method according to  claim 1 , wherein the step of applying energy comprises applying optical electromagnetic energy through a slit. 
     
     
         19 . The method according to  claim 1 , wherein the method is adapted to obtain an integration of a plurality of fibre devices while translating the fibre in a high volume fibre translation system. 
     
     
         20 . The method according to  claim 1 , wherein the method is adapted to process the fibre in a continuous manner while translating the fibre in a high volume fibre translation system.